Turpentine-gutter.



PATENTED JAIL-30, 1906- 3. W. KENNEDY, TURPBNTINE GUTTER.

APPLIGATIOH TILED JUKB 5.1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. KENNEDY, OF CECIL, GEORGIA.

TURPENTlNE-GUTTEFi.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed June 5,1905, Serial No. 263,826.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cecil, in the county of Berrien and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Turpentine-Gutters; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of t e invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tur entine gutters.

he object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having means whereby t he same is attached to a tree in such arnanner that all of the sap or gum will be caught ther ,by and prevented from running beneath the gutter.

Another object is to provide means for conveying the gum or sap from the gutter to the receiving-box in a white and pure condition.

A further object is to rovide a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, eiiicient and reliable in use, and which ma be quickly and easily attached to a tree wit out injuring the latter.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of constructon, combination, and arran ement of parts, as will be hereinafter descri ed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi re 1 is a side view of a tree, showin the app ication of the invention thereto. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to ig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a portion of a tree and one of the gutters or spouts, showing the manner of attaching the same to the tree; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the gutters removed.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a pair of gutters 1, each of which is referably formed of a strip of sheet metal w iich is bent lon itudinally to form a trough or gut ter and w ich has one of its ed as bent at right angles to form an attachingange 2. In the side of the gutter adjacent to the flange 2 is formed a series of apertures or hoies 3 lapted to receive tacks 4, by which sai trc gh or gutter is secured to the tree. In a l fng the gutters tea tree the bark of t e ttr is cut away to form a V-sha ed space, i hich the gutters are arran e in an inclined position, as shown in ig. 1 of the d i gs. In thus arranging the gutters one of the latter is dis osed below the other with its lower end slig tly overlapping the lower end of the other gutter, whereby the sap or gum runnin into the upper gutter will be directed there by into the ower gutter and together with the sap caught by said lower gutter will be conducted to a suitable box or rece itacle 5 provided therefor.

n order that the sap caught by the gutters may be conducted to the box in a white and pure condition, a suitable conductor is pro vided,4;aiu conductor being here shown as being formed of a wire 6, the up or end of which is suitably connected to the ower end of the lower utter, the lower end of the wire being suitabIy secured to the box or receptacle 5, whereby the sa or gum from said lower trough will run own the wire'and into said box or receptacle.

In applying the tters to the tree the same are arranged in t ieir pro er positions and tacks 4 are driven throng the holes 3 and into the tree, and when said tacks are thus driven in the flanges 2 on the adjacent edges of the gutters will be embedded into the tree, thus forming a tight connection or joint between the gutter and tree, and thereby preventing any of the gum or sap from running under the trough or gutter, as is frequently the case with the common utters now in use, which are at present attac ed to the tree by first formin an incision, into which the edge of the trou or tter is sli ped. This man nor of attac ng t e gutter o viously weakens and injures the tree when continuously reeated, so that the same is in danger of being broken off by the wind. B attachin the gutters as herein shown an describe this injury to the tree is obviated, and all that is required to keep the tree bleeding is to cut a thin sheaving on each side of the peek each week, the gutters below catching the gum or sap as it dr1 s from the cut peck, the wire conductin sai sap or gum to a box or other rece tac e.

*rom the fore oing description, taken in connection with t e accompanyin drawings, the construction and operation 0 the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the character described consisting of a pair of gutters, a. right-angularl -dis posed fian e formed on one ed e of sai gutters, said 'lange being adapte to be forced into the tree, tacks or similar fastening devices adapted to be driven throu h said troughs under the flange and into t e tree, and a guide-wire connected at one end to one of the troughs andzitsbpposite'endjto'rfsuitable receptacle whereby the sap will be conducted from said gutters to SEtld receptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 

